Pros: Rebels replaced by many smaller nations give it a sense of accuracy. Sea crossings take much less time. Sea dominance means something this time around. Pretty accurate, but some wiggle room. Fun battles to fight. Lots of factions, hopefully to be unlocked via modding. Gigantic world map. Although there are less provinces, the world still feels...full.

Cons: A huge chunk of America, Northern Canada (northern canada was pretty empty though), and of course Switzerland, are missing. Indians seem to be really easy to defeat, especially early on. A few china sets and some jewellry seem to make everything peachy. Barbary states refuses to be my friend

I rated it a 5/5 for being an all around awesome game